William Wright

William Wright (13 November 1794-1 November 1866) was a member of the US House of Representatives (W-NJ 5) from 4 March 1843 to 3 March 1847 (preceding Dudley S. Gregory) and a US Senator (D) from 4 March 1853 to 3 March 1859 (succeeding Jacob W. Miller and preceding John C. Ten Eyck) and from 4 March 1863 to 1 November 1866 (succeeding James Walter Wall and preceding Frederick T. Frelinghuysen).

Biography
William Wright was born in Clarksville, New York in 1794, and he volunteered in the defense of Stonington, Connecticut during the War of 1812. He moved to Newark, New Jersey in 1821 and ran a saddlery and leather business there, serving as Mayor from 1840 to 1843. He also served as a railroad business before serving in the US House of Representatives as a Whig from 1843 to 1847, and as a US Senator as a Democrat from 1853 to 1859 and from 1863 to 1866. He died in office in 1866.